Someone yesterday wrote me and said they had been doing it for two weeks. They said, “it’s like magic.”

I always say this and it’s true: my life changes almost completely every six months because of this.

I don’t like to write how I’ve changed. Everyone is different. But today I’m going to OWN IT.

In the past six months: I wrote a new book, I started a new podcast, I’ve met about 100 new people because of my podcast, I’ve spoken at three major conferences where I made a ton of new contacts, and I celebrated my 5-year anniversary to Claudia.

I also lost an enormous amount of money in a single day. It was one of the worst days of my life. Nothing to do with investing. But volatility in life happens.

Without volatility, you can slip into nothing.

But the good thing is: I dealt with it. It didn’t bother me like it used to (well, it did for a day. I couldn’t move. But then I followed my own advice).

It’s like the “Limitless” pill from that movie. It makes your brain 100 times stronger.

I’m like Bradley Cooper, but without the looks. Without the charm. Although I have my very own Jennifer Lawrence (Claudia).

James is the host of the #1 business podcast, The James Altucher Show. In the incredible first episode, James interviews a man that essentially reinvented the book-publishing industry. After writing a book and receiving hundreds of rejection notices, this man changed the rules and has since sold nearly 3 million copies of his book and he’s also made a lot of money. You don’t want to ...